Friday, 31 July 2015

2015 Photography Project365 Group.....JULY




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1st July
 Banksias and Terracotta Pipe.
Trying something different...... staged photos in a 'studio' situation.
These will be my 'Studio Series'.


2nd July
 Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage.
Part of the remaining wall of the Female Factory Parramatta,
which was closed in 1849.


3rd July
 The Doors Were Locked at Number.......904.


4th July
 There's Always New Life.
In the grounds of Australia's oldest church (1809) at Ebenezer. 
(Starting to get around again, as I'm now able to drive, after a 5 week break
)


5th June
 Watching For Whales.
Captain Cook Lookout, Copacabana NSW.


6th July
 A Dash Through The Splash.
Armory Wharf on the Parramatta River NSW.


7th July
 What Time Is It Now.
(camera placed on ground, self portrait).  Female Factory Parramatta, NSW.


8th July
 Teddy Goes To The Art Gallery.
#2 in my 'Studio Series'.


9th July
 The Old and The New.
  Old brick carrying barge at Homebush and new developments
at Rhodes, on the Parramatta River.


10th July
 Sydney Town.
  The sun shines through the clouds on Sydney while the
northern suburb of Clifton Gardens still shivers in the shade.


11th July
 The Caretaker.
  The Old Anglican Rest House (also known as The Elephant House)
 in Rookwood Cemetery, was built in 1873.


12th July
 The TI Dancers.
Two ladies from the Torres Strait Islands perform at the Burramatta
NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee)
celebration at Parramatta.


13th July
 What's For Dinner.
#3 in my 'Studio Series'. (no animals were eaten in this process)


14th July
 Grevillea 'Honey Gem'.  Growing at home.


15th July
 We Should All Do More Of This.
   Seen on footpath/sidewalk while walking around the block this morning.


16th July
 Where The Stars Get In Your Eyes.
  Tebbutt Observatory, Windsor, was built in 1879.


17th July
   Doesn't Happen Often.
  We don't get to see this often only 70 minutes drive from home.
 St George's Church, Mount Wilson, was built in 1915.


18th July
 Look Who Came To Dinner.
 One of a few King Parrots we feed at home.


 19th July
 Slipping Away.
   Remains of an old slipway that was part of the Bantry Bay
Explosives Magazine complex near Seaforth Oval NSW.


20th July
 Now I know where baby carrots come from.
 Two entwined carrots pulled from the garden this morning.


21st July
 I was going to call this 'Mother-in-Law', but I had second thoughts.
Not sure what this plant is growing in our garden.


22nd July
 In the wake of Captain James Cook.
  A container ship entering Botany Bay.


23rd July
 Green Fern and Red Roses.
  #4 in my 'Studio Series'.


 24th July
 Is it OK to trap Butterflies.


25th July
 Hardhead.  (also known as White-eyed Duck).
Western Sydney Parklands.


26th July
 Cymbidium Behind Bars.


27th July
 Our friends Sydney rural retreat 'shack'
at South Maroota where we had lunch today.



4th August
 No body wanted Angie.




29th July
 Oh, I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.
   Cutting down some local landmarks. If you have trouble
 breathing tomorrow it's because now there is less oxygen.


30th July
 Our House.....up close.


31st July
 Lynn (grandma) and Arlo going for a walk in
3rd Settlement Reserve on a sunny winter's day.

Challenge for 07 July  'Loved'
#1


Challenge for 07 July  'Loved'
#2


Challenge for 07 July  'Loved'
#3




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Tuesday, 30 June 2015

2015 Photography Project365 Group.....JUNE






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1st June.
 Please Give Me a Hug.
"I belong to Bill, please give me a hug". The 'huggy bear'
the staff made for me in the hospital ICU.



2nd June.
 Sunbeams.



 3rd June.
Mirror, Reflection, Light and Shadow.



4th June.
 Catching Up.



5th June.
 Fluffed-Up Against the Cold.
A Spotted Turtle Dove, through the kitchen window



6th June.
 My Winter Spider.
Grevillea venusta, commonly known as the Byfield Spider Flower.
(this one is for Monica Clark)



7th June.
 "Up Here Fellas, The view is Great".
Ants enjoy a good lookout as well as we do.



8th June.
 Pleasant Under Glass.
A word served in a manner characteristic of expensive restaurants.



9th June.
 All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
A worked over Tree Dahlia.



10th June
 Dueling Theodolites.
Surveyor's class seen today in Parramatta Park.
(Got out of the house today, even if it was only to have the catheter removed.
Another step forward I guess.)



11th June
 A Duck Dropped In.



12th June
 The Heralders of Winter.
Orange Trumpet Creeper, seen on walk around the block.



13th June
 A Shadow of its Former Self.
Shadow of a fly through a Banksia leaf.



14th June
 Winter Gold.



15th June
 Must Be Bin Day.


16th June
 Don't Shoot The Spider.
Inspired by the photos of  Lisa Peters  I thought, on this
wet and gloomy day, I would try and put together some
photos using layers. I finally worked out the layering bit but I
still haven't worked out how to put the features where I want them.



17th June
 Let Your Imagination Run Wild.
 Reflection of tree in rain drops on blue railing, just as the camera saw it.



18th June
 A Fine Spray.
The first of my wife's orchids to flower this winter.



19th June
 Up and Down.
 The direction elevators travel in.



20th June
 The 'Pagoda'.
The Pagoda is a building in the Nan Tien Chinese Buddhist Temple
complex in Wollongong. The Tien Temple, known as “Southern Paradise”,
 is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere.



21st June
 Still Life.
(this is not a photograph of a painting)



22nd June
 Wash Day.



23rd June
 The King and I.
A movie about a 'chequered' love affair.



24th June
 "Hey Chickweed, I'm Over Here".
 Small plants playing hide-and-seek in my lawn.



25th June
 Fern on Fire.
New growth on the local Rasp Fern growing in our garden.



26th June
 Sailing Down the River.
Well, actually a gum leaf and Balloon Vine seed pod floating down the local creek.



27th June
Rokit (middle) and Charlie (right) make a new friend at the dog park this morning.



28th June
 Walking Back to .........



29th June
 Blow Your Own Trumpet.



30th June
 Anyone Up Here Looking For a Trailer?
 Parramatta reaching for the sky.



Afternoon Rest in My Prison Cell.
Shadow and Light. 
entry #3 


 Lights & Shadows.  Shadow and Light. entry #2





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